Scared and foolish

The heart of what is wrong with humanity, much of the time. And the reason for most of our most serious and foolish mistakes and tragedies.

If there is anything that I've learned from our unit on Hitler, this month, and its parallels to our current challenges, this is it.

And if there is anything I have learned in the last 10 years it is that intelligence is no guarantee of avoiding either. Which is why I trust heart more than smarts.

So scared. So foolish. And too little courage and too much intimidation to acknowledge either.

How tragic that we would learn our lessons so slowly and create so much tragedy until we do.